To setup your phone to access the Internet, send a blank SMS to 445. A message which contains Internet settings will be sent to your phone.
Select “Save” from options to save all the settings. You are now ready for Pepea Internet Mkononi na Safaricom.
Further to requesting for mobile settings via 445, add the basic setup settings, i.e., APN, Username, Password, Data bearer, Proxy port, Proxy IP as well as the standard settings for a Chinese phone both dual SIM & mono SIM.
- Account Name : Safaricom GPRS
- Homepage : wap.safaricom.com
- Username : saf
- Password : data
Access Point Settings Select
- Proxy : Disable
- Data Bearer : GPRS
Bearer Settings Select
- I.p. address : 172.022.02.038
- Port : 8080
- Server url : http://safaricom.com
- Apn/Gateway : safaricom
- Authentication Type : Normal.
- On your china phone Menu,
- Select Services/Web
- Then Data Accounts followed by GPRS
- APN : safaricom
- Username : saf
- Password : data
- Authentication type : Normal
Press done and Save.
Select Profile 1 and then, Activate
- Rename Profile : Safaricom
- Homepage : http://wap.google.com
- Data Account : Safaricom GPRS
- Connection Type : HTTP or WAP (any)
- Proxy/Gateway IP/Address : 172.022.002.038
- Proxy/Gateway Port : 8080
- User Name : Leave blank
- Password : Leave blank
Select a profile and press edit.
Enter the following values in their respective fields;
- Account Name : safaricom MMS
- APN : safaricom
- Username : saf
- Password : data
- Authentication type : Normal
On the Message Settings select Server Profile,
Then Select a profile and press OK
- Rename Profile : Safaricom MMS
- Homepage : http://mms.gprs.safaricom.com
- Data Account : Safaricom MMS
- Username : saf
- Password : data
- IP Address : 172.022.002.038
- Security : Off